Punctuality

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Puncuality is defined as the quality of being prompt, precise, or exact. To be puntual can also relate to time; for example:

"Are you sure he will arrive on time?" "I guarantee it! He is very punctual."

[edit] See also

• Time management
• Time discipline
• Deadline
• Value of time
• Etiquette

[edit] External links

• BBC News article about Punctuality
• Kaushik Basu, Jörgen W. Weibull. "MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 02-26: Punctuality: A Cultural Trait as Equilibrium". MIT Department of Economics. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=317621. 
• M. Brahimi, D. J. Worthington. "Queueing Models for Out-Patient Appointment Systems -- A Case Study". The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 42, No. 9 (Sep., 1991), pp. 733-746. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0160-5682(199109)42%3A9%3C733%3AQMFOAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z. 
• Andrew Chamberlain. "The economics of punctuality". The Idea Shop. http://www.the-idea-shop.com/article/75/the-economics-of-punctuality. 
• Marcelo Pisarro, Nerds All Star, Revista Ñ, Diario Clarín, 9 de junio de 2008. "No perdamos la puntualidad" (Spanish)

• Haddon Field. "Punctuality in Japan". Sound of Waves. http://www.haddonfield.k12.nj.us/hmhs/academics/english/sound_of_waves/11punctuality.htm.